Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) War of Honor, David Weber (Baen) 2 6 2) Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) 2 2 3) Exile's Honor, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 1 - 4) Shadow Puppets, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 3 1 5) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 3 3 6) Legacies, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor) 1 - 7) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins) 4 4 8) Paragon Lost, Dave Duncan (Eos) 1 - 9) Speaks the Nightbird, Robert McCammon (River City) 1 - *) Triss, Brian Jacques (Philomel) 1 -   PAPERBACKS 1) Take a Thief, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 1 - 2) The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold (HarperTorch) 1 - 3) Dune: House Corrino, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam Spectra) 2 1 4) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 23 7 5) Narcissus in Chains, Laurell K. Hamilton (Jove) 1 - 6) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 2 2 7) Shadows and Light, Anne Bishop (Roc) 1 - 8) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 12 10 9) DeathDay, William C. Dietz (Ace) 1 - 10) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 15 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS 1) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 8 1 2) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 24 5 3) The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 1 - 4) Blood & Ivory: A Tapestry, P.C. Hodgell (Meisha Merlin) 1 - *) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 21 - *) Something M.Y.T.H. Inc., Robert Asprin (Meisha Merlin) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED 1) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star, Troy Denning (Del Rey) 3 - 2) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way, Walter Jon Williams (Del Rey) 1 - 3) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission: Gamma Book Three: Cathedral, Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (Pocket) 1 - 4) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor, Matthew Stover (Del Rey) 4 2 5) Star Trek: Gateways: What Lay Beyond, Anonymous, ed. (Pocket) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED 1) Forgotten Realms: The Thousand Orcs, R.A. Salvatore (WotC) 1 - 2) Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore (WotC) 7 1 3) DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (WotC) 12 3 4) DragonLance: Divine Hammer, Chris Pierson (WotC) 1 - 5) DragonLance: The Annotated Chronicles, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (WotC) 1 - *) Magic: The Gathering: Onslaught, J. Robert King (WotC) 1 - War of Honor led the hardcovers by a solid margin, with Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Exile's Honor also making strong showings. Waifs and Strays by Charles de Lint (Viking) was the new runner-up. We had 74 nominees, two more than last month. Take a Thief had a substantial lead in the paperback category. New runner-up: Naomi Kritzer's Fires of the Faithful (Bantam Spectra). Nominees: 75, down from 89. The Two Towers topped trade paperbacks for the second month straight. New runner-up: Angel of Darkness by Charles de Lint (Orb). Nominees: 64, up slightly from 62. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star topped media-related titles. Nominees: 27, down from 35. Forgotten Realms: The Thousand Orcs had a strong lead in the gaming-related category. Nominees: 29, up from 27. Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), Borders Bookstores (USA), DreamHaven (MN), Heroes & Dragons (CO), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Musicland Group (MN), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Pages for All Ages (IL), Pandemonium Books & Games (MA), John W. Rollins, Bookseller (MI), Saint Mark’s (NY), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: October 2002.

January 2003